“To miss a year for whatever reason is obviously disappointing,” he is quoted as saying by Autosport. “Racing schedules are obviously important, but whether a country as important as India should miss out on a race in one calendar year is a debatable question.

“I am hoping that we will see the race back in India in 2015 if Bernie has decided that there cannot be a race in 2014, because according to him the calendar cannot accommodate it. But I think Bernie is smart enough to understand the enormous potential that there is in India. I don’t think he will take a short-term view.”